Weight and line indicator



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Appucannmmmh zi, i932@ sei-infn. 90,244 l l'olaim. ici. s4 isa-'1 'l f My invention relates to measuring devices and jm'o'unted'on the carrier is a frame i5 more particularly to a device of that characterv fabaseiportion VI3 provided with'an forfmeasuring the length of a flexible cable or line v opening iHo'r" receiving a pivot bolt i8 extended passing therethrough and for indicating the through the opening and through an aligned 5 weight or tension on the line. opening I3 in the carrier, a nut 20 being threaded 5 In apparatus, such aswellashooting and meas,- on the bolt for retaining the carrier and frame in uring equipment, a reelv or drum is commonly assemblee!l condition.

mounted on -a vehicle in spaced relation with kAlloiiverthrust bearing2I i's preferably mounted line-measuring instruments ordinarily located iny the `carrierlanci frame and a similar proximity to the well hole. Consequently it "is bearing 22 is seated in a counter-bored portion l -necessary for the operator controlling the Awind- 23 o! the opening I1 for engaging the lower suring or unwindingof a line from the reelto either faceof a head 24 formed on the .upper end of discontinue such operations when desiring to read Athegpivcit bolt to fiitcilitate pivoting of the frame the instrument, or 'to depend on a second operatory on thescari'ier. l stationed on the derrick floor to convey such Thefazfnefurther includes vertical side por- 15 readings to him. i'.ioi'i's.;2'ctinrrecteizi'to the base portion by paired The former procedure is obviously inconvenient wings 23v forming slots 21 for receiving aligned and the latter method is often unsatisfactory be- `grooved-wi'ieelii.` 23 rotatably mounted yon shafts cause of excessive noises in the vicinity of thev 23- extende'd transversely through, the wings and 20 derrick. journalledi bearings indicated at 30. 'I'he side 2o 'Ihe principal objects of my invention are', portions converge upwardly and terminate in a therefore, to provide almeasuring-apparatus-pavbearing head 3| provided with an opening 32 for ticularly adapted for mounting near a reel vor siidabiy receiving a piston-rod 33 for a purpose spooling drum for measuring the length of line' presently to be described.

25 reeled onto orlfromv the drum through the ap- Mounted on the lower end of the rod is a tri- 25 paratus, and to simultaneously indicate thel tenangular support comprising spaced plates 34 havsion on the line. ing converging upper edges 35 corresponding to In accomplishing these and other objects of my the converging portions of the frame, the plates invention, I have provided improved details 'of being spaced at their lower ends by guide rollers structure, the preferred form 'of which is 'ilius- 33 rotatably carried on bearing pins 31 seated in 30 Vtrated in the accompanying-drawing, wherein: transverse openings 33 of the plates. The inner Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a reel and of a margin of the Aframe ispreferably widened and line measuring apparatus embodying my invenreinforced bylateral flanges 39, the guide rollers tion mounted adjacent the reel for receivingv the. engaging the widened faces of the vertical por- 35 line. tions.A y

Fig. 2 is a. side elevational view of the measurn Rotatably mounted between the plates on a ing apparatus with portionsof the devicel broken transverse shaft 4I, in vertical alignment with away to better disclose its construction. the rod 33 andin substantial horizontal align- Referring more in detail t0 the drawing: ment with the guide rollers, is a measuring wheel I- designates a floor or support, such as the II for engaging the upper surface of the line 3 floor of a truck and rotatably mounted on the passed through the slots 21 and running over the floor between bearing supports -2 is a reel or grooved wheels 23.

drum 3 driven from a truck motor or other suitlProjecting laterally from the outer face of one able source 0I power through-achain 4 running of the plates 34 in concentric relation with the over a sprocket 5,- Athe drum carrying a flexible shaft 40 is an annular boss I2 housingabevel gear 45 line 6. Secured on the floor adjacent the reel, in 43 fixed on the shaft 40 and meshing with the parallelI relation therewith-is a *rail 1 preferablyV gear is a pini n M secured on the lower end of a comprising an I-beam member having a flanged .counter-sha! 43 journalied in a bearing opening'v base 8 fixed on the floor by bolts 9 or the `like. 46 of the boss. A suitable counter, indicated at 50 Upper flanges I3 of the rail serve as ,a track for 41, is mounted on the triangular support immedi- 50 a carrier Il having spaced pairs of anged upper ately above the boss and is operably connected rollers I2 rotatably mounted on the track and a with the counter-shaft for registering thelength pair of 'side hangers I3 carrying lower flanged of line passing through the apparatus.-

' rollers I4 for engaging the lowersurface of the The'baring head- 3I is provided with a plane .56 flanges Il. vsurface 48 forlseatjing an outwardly directed-56 froNlTEo STAT-ES OFFICE 59 for receiving the cylinder, the lower wing being secured by the cap screws 5I to the cylinder ange.

. ange and threaded into the head.

The rod 33 is of sufficient lengthto project upwardly into the cylinder and carries a piston 52 on its upper end for reciprocation in the cylinder, a body of liquid being confined in the cylinder above the piston and in communication with a pressure gauge 53 by means of a conduit 54 provided with a union 55 so that upward movement of the measuring wheel will compress the liquid in the cylinder and conduit and actuate the gauge. y

The gauge is preferably supported by a bracket 56 secured to the gauge and having lateral upper and lower wings 51 and 58 provided with openings With the instrument installed as described the length of a measuring line passed through the frame between the spaced pulleys and measuring wheel is automatically indicated by the counter in the usual manner.

`Weight of the line and of well-shooting instruments or other devices carried by the line tends to thrust' the measuring Wheel and triangular support upwardly, thereby forcing the pistontoward the upper end of the cylinder against the body of fluid contained in the cylinder above the piston head. Pressure of the fluid is conveyed through the conduit 54 to the pressure indicator so that the operator controlling winding or unwinding of the line from the drum can readily determine notv only the lengthl of line passing through the measuring device, but also the weight and tension on the line.

Due to the pivotal mounting of the frame on thecarrier and to the mounting of the carrier on the track, the measuring device will automatically assume a position in alignment with the cable passing on or off the drum.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A traverse for a line wound on a drum, comprising a flanged beam paralleling the drum, a carriage having a pair of flanged wheels at each end thereof for engaging the top of the beam, with their flanges engaging the side edges of the ange of the beam, depending parts at the sides of the carriage between the Wheels, flanged rollers carried at the lower ends of said depending parts for engaging under portions and edge portions of the beam, an upright f rame having its lower end rotatably connected with the carriage for movement about a vertical axis, and guidingmeans for the line carried by said frame.

HOWARD/n, GREENE. 

